---
layout: single
property_name: background-position
---

<section id="background-position" class="property">
  <header class="property-header">
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    <h2 class="property-name">
      <a href="#background-position"><span>#</span>background-position</a>
    </h2>
    <div class="property-description">
      <p>Defines the position of the background image.</p>

    </div>

  </header>

    <style type="text/css">.background-position { background-image: url(/images/jt.png);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: 64px 64px;height: 150px; }</style>




    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">
            <code class="example-default" data-tooltip="This is the property's default value">default</code>


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="background-position: 0% 0%;">background-position: 0% 0%;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The background image will be positioned at <strong>0%</strong> on the horizontal axis and <strong>0%</strong> on the vertical axis, which means the top left corner of the element.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div background-position " id="background-position-0-0">Hello world</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#background-position-0-0{ background-position:0% 0%;}</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="background-position: bottom right;">background-position: bottom right;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>You can use a combination of <strong>position keywords</strong>: <code>center</code>, <code>top</code>, <code>bottom</code>, <code>left</code> and <code>right</code>.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div background-position " id="background-position-bottom-right">Hello world</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#background-position-bottom-right{ background-position:bottom right;}</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="background-position: center center;">background-position: center center;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The background image will be positioned in the center of the element.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div background-position " id="background-position-center-center">Hello world</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#background-position-center-center{ background-position:center center;}</style>
    </section>

</section>
